Kyaw Zeya (Burmese: ကျော်ဇေယျ, also spelt Kyaw Zayya; born 25 January 1956) is a Burmese politician and a retired lieutenant colonel in the armed forces who was served as a Member of Parliament in the Yangon Region Hluttaw for Dagon Township No. 2 constituency.[2] He also served on the board of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited, a major conglomerate run by the military, for 10 years.[2] He was a member of the National League for Democracy until 2019 when he went on to join People's Pioneer Party.[2][3][4]
Kyaw Zeya | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Yangon Region Hluttaw | |
| In office 3 February 2016 – 31 January 2021 | |
| Constituency | Dagon Township № 2[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1956 |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Political party | People's Pioneer Party |
| Children | Moe Yan Zun |
| Parent(s) | Myint Swe (father) Khin Thein (mother) |
| Education | B.A (L.L.B) |
He left from National League for Democracy in 2019 and he joined People's Pioneer Party founded by his colleague, Thet Thet Khine,[5] as the vice chairman while as serving as the Human Resources Committee Chair of her party.
Political career
editHe was a member of the National League for Democracy. In the 2015 Myanmar general election, he contesting for Yangon Region Hluttaw from Dagon Township No. 2 parliamentary constituency, won a seat.[6] Kyaw Zeya serves as a member of the Yangon Region Parliament's Finance, Planning and Economic Committee.
He became the Vice Chairman of People's Pioneer Party.[7] He also serves as Chairman of Human Resources Committee in the PPP together with Thura Aung.[8]
References
edit- ^ "ဦးေက်ာ္ေဇယ်/" (in Burmese). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ a b c Khin Moh Moh Lwin and Thaw Zin Myo (4 November 2020). "The PPP, a party of NLD defectors, military men, and ultranationalists". Myanmar Now.
- ^ "The Myanmar Times" (in Burmese). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအစိုးရအဖွဲ့၏ကတိကဝတ်၊အာမခံချက်များနှင့်လွှတ်တော်အခွင့်ရေးကော်မတီ" (in Burmese). Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Party, People's Pioneer (2019). "PPP Party". Eleven Media.
- ^ "Elections Results – Global New Light Of Myanmar". Myanmar1329.rssing.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
- ^ Party, People's Pioneer (2019). "PPP". Eleven Media.
- ^ Aung, Thura (2015). "Thura Aung". Sphere Project. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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